A boat sails into New York but the only person onboard happens to be a morbidly obese zombie who seems to be p*ssed off and hungry. The daughter of the boat's owner decides to venture to where her father had been, a Caribbean island called Matul. She takes along with her a journalist who smells a story.This film was butchered by the BBFC on its initial release. The distributors decided to release a stronger version that then lead to the film being banned and placed on the DPP video nasties list.This film is renowned for going the extra mile. Ever wondered what would happen if a zombie took on a shark? Of course you have! This film features it. Add to the mix a revolutionary eye-gouging scene, a great score by Fabio Frizzi and one of the most iconic ending scenes in horror history. Oh, and some of the most annoyed zombies with especially bad attitudes and you have a great movie.This Italian shocker directed by maestro Lucio Fulci actually billed itself as a sequel to the Argento cut of Dawn of the Dead in Italy. Is it a masterpiece like Dawn? No. But its still one hell of a ride.

I was very very pleasantly surprised by this Italian zombie movie, which was one of those 70's/80's European movies that was (illegaly) marked to be a sequel to Dawn of the Dead (it's not).The plot is simple: A mysterious boat arrives unmanned in Manhattan. Our protagonist is the boat owner's daughter, who teams up with a journalist to find out what happened to her father. Their quest leads them to the Caribbean island "Matul", which the locals purport to be haunted...ZOMBI 2 is cinematographically quite beautiful and well executed, with the stunning setting of a windy Caribbean island set to catchy synthesizer tunes. The pace of the movie is rather slow compared to modern zombie flicks, but that just adds to the thick atmosphere, which focuses on a sense of oppression and mystery rather than on action and a high body count. There's also some very good gore effects and of course, a very famous underwater scene involving a zombie and a shark. If at all, the movie is known for the shark scene, but finally seeing it for the first time I was impressed by how real everything is, especially given that there were no CGI effects involved!Die-hard zombie lovers will appreciate the fact that the zombies here are the "classic" voodoo-type zombies that are actually undead, rotting and decaying, with worms coming out their undead eyes etc. The zombies are the slow-moving ones. This means that suspense is created in a similar vein to classics such as NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, with the undead slowly creeping up on you until you're surrounded, rather than fast-paced chase scenes.All in all, a must-see for zombie lovers---but even if you're not a fan of the genre, this one may be worth a shot given the thick atmosphere and great sound track.P.S.: It's worth checking the Wikipedia entry on the "Zombi film series" which details the funny and confusing history of how Dawn of the Dead has been treated and spanned illegal sequels in Europe and other parts of the world.

Zombie movie with cult or classic status, some unofficial sequel or prequel to Romero's Dawn of the Dead. Looking at the ending it looks more like a prequel actually explaining how the zombies actually got in the States as shown in Dawn of the Dead. Does Zombi 2 deserve this status, I think so. It's a slow build up until the last half hour when we get some kind of zombie invasion, still on a small scale if you are going to compare it to Romero's movies. But we actually get a decent back story about what might have caused people getting sick, dying and coming back to life again as zombies. However still vague it didn't bother me that much to enjoy the movie as Dawn of the Dead didn't give much explanation to the cause either. But that doesn't mean nothing interesting happens in the first hour. There are a few scenes with a zombie attacking a human and even a nice one where a shark on the hunt actually becomes the prey. The gore is pretty graphical even though the camera doesn't focus for a long time on it (which isn't necessary). The make-up of the zombies is well done, you can see they really did a great effort to make it look real. I was particularly impressed when the zombies were rising from their graves digging themselves up from the ground, that's something I haven't seen that often and in such a threatening way. My only complaint is the cliché of ladies showing nudity actually implied a sure death. Both leading ladies were a nice treat to the eyes.

I have seen this movie a few times but this was the first time I saw it on DVD, which I got for just 75p , I could not say no to that.I watched this early today and I was clued to the screen , the movie flowed really well.I actually like the zombies as they were actually kind of scary looking.The make up effects in this was outstanding and really like how they Came back from the dead, very slowly, which I found very creepy.There were some great gory moments, there is one scene that you will never forget as its now known for one of the best horror deaths of all time.That death scene will make you look away from the scene and hide behind your hands.The acting in this movie was great and the ending of the movie was The icing on the cake.